The World's Most Dangerous Drug (Meth)
On the streets it is referred to as Crystal, Ice, and Crank. Methamphetamines are viciously addictive and provide the hyperactivity effects of Cocaine along with the delusional effects of LSD. As opposed to getting a short `high' from other drugs, this one will keep users pumped up from 6 to 12 hours and create feelings of paranoia, invulnerability, increased strength, euphoria, and may cause some to react in a violent fashion. As for health concerns, it rots the teeth, suppresses the appetite, induces insomnia, and causes brain damage among other things. Its ease of use makes it even more insidious as it can be swallowed, snorted, injected, or smoked and it is cheap to buy or can be easily manufactured by almost anyone.
Amphetamines can be found in virtually every community from the smallest towns to the largest cities and it radiates through all walks of life from the lowest to highest social classes. It is estimated that there are 26 million worldwide users of this drug. When law enforcement in the United States began to make a concerted effort to eliminate methamphetamine labs, supply then began to come from Mexico using routes already established by Cocaine Cartels.
The World's Most Dangerous Drug is only 50 minutes long but this is more than enough time to fully realize the shocking and devastating effects of methamphetamines. There are some graphic photos and a few disturbing video clips but they are necessary elements in complimenting and reinforcing the main message of this program. National Geographic has made a decent documentary here, and whether viewers want to watch this for educational purposes or just out of curiosity perhaps, I recommend it to everyone.
The most dangerous drug isn't meth. Its not even in the top 5 as being the most dangerous.
In fact that assumption is based on society's view of it alone. If it was so dangerous then why has other countries started to decriminalization of it? Why has it been given to children and adults with prescriptions for ADHD such as Ritalin, Vyvanse. Adderall, liquid based as Quivalant XR, just to name some medical grade forms.
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wow these met is dangerous , amazing ,peculier,
Thank you to all of you so very much.for your story's n insight..I'm at a loss for words...I close friend of mine unfortunately was a drug user long story he used needles amongst other things..well a few days ago he got a hold of something very bad! What ever it was he died instantly! Now we were told that the drug he was using was crystal meth...we were told that it was mix or laced with something very strong but know one will say what it was!! Now his family n I would like to know what could do that to a 250 lb man who has been on drugs for over 40 yrs at the hospital a doc.said could have been rat poison. But we were told that rat poison would not had kill him like that. So now we need to know what could of ...
This documentary is nothing but a bullsh*t scare tactic riddled with misinformation and what little info that's even remotely correct is either pulled out of context or has vital elements snipped out to make it seem worse.
Be afraid everyone, cower in fear of big bad meth but smoke your carcinogenic cigarettes and weeze the rest of your lives away or chug your alcohol and do 80 down the road only to plow into some one.
National geographic, you're a bunch of bias pieces of **** and you can go **** yourselves.
Meth is the worst in my opinion. I used for 7 years been sober two years but I started smoking quickly turned to needle. I weighed 70 pounds now 150 sober I was miserable but when I started I thought it was fun then I needed it I had cold sweets couldn't move felt deadly sick in bed until I got my next fix I ended up jumping out of a window woke up in icu shattered shoulder, broke neck and back and shattered my ankle had to learn to walk and and use my arm again it sucked and honestly I'm not sure why I began before I was sober I thought life wasn't worth living now sober scared to death of death and I have a wonderful family and so glad I'm sober today. I swear it's like the devil himself had control never did I think I could jump out a window or be where I was back then. I hope my story helps someone thinking it could be fun. Thank you for reading.
To who ever said there is no such thing as bad drugs , just ignorant people .. putting household items into the system is bad on any level even if it was for half a second , it even would melt my floors , ignorance comes the second you decide to say there are no bad drugs . There is nothing good about meth or any kind of street drugs and many prescribed drugs . The fact that their is so much debate on this subject goes to show how its never going to get any better . We didn't think cigarettes were bad in the 80's either , how many have we lost to lung cancer and that didn't make your face fall off..
Good thing I suck at making chocolate chip cookies LOL
Meth is the most insidious kind of drug: It's cheap, accessible, and damaging. While these criteria apply to two other even more widely used drugs, ethanol and nicotine, what sets meth apart is its addictiveness. Only one hit is enough to do the trick in many cases; from that point forward the user faces the prospects of fighting a very destructive lifelong addiction.
I had been on Ritalin and because of it i have a history of physically assaulting people, which would not have come if it weren't for Australia's corrupt State. I know; i'm delving into conspiracy theories here, but i seem to think my own mother orchestrated my plight of her own choice.
An excellent, extraordinarily honest and well-written book on the psychological and biological effects on the life of a meth-amphetamine addict, is the autobiography entitled, "Tweak", by Nic Sheff. 2007
Some more sensational over blown media hype. If we continue on this course and fail to teach the truth we are only destine for Issues such as this to escalate. How many times do we have to learn that this over blown media hyperbole, is counter productive in a society that has learned to mistrust it's Gov.?
"If you can make chocolate chip cookies, you can make meth."
Please. That's just stupid talk.
Sleep deprivation is a hell of a drug, endogenous ftw
The delirium from meth is due to sleep deprivation. The only thing this has in common with LSD is the fact that they both effect serotonin in the brain. However, they effect it in different ways, similar to how sex effects serotonin receptors differently from eating a nice a meal. like i previously stated, there's no such thing as a bad drug...only ignorance and irresponsibility. smg
There's no such thing as a bad drug, only ignorance and irresponsibility. These people are not victims, no one ran up behind them and shoved a syringe in their neck.
whew meth is da-n-ger-ous......
The story of the couple in a snow blizzard in Nebraska was dumb. I feel sorry for the people in Thailand. We shouldn't use money to do experiments on innocent lab rats because 9 times out of 10 they affect humans in similar ways. Kids NEVER do drugs. Not even once...
I find my self quite alarmed that the opening statement for this page is trying to draw a connection between methamphetamine and LSD, which is very deceptive of them. Meth is one of the most degenerating drugs, in my opinion, and the editors shouldn't be misleading people by trying to hint it is anything like LSD, which isn't degenerating to the human body and only has delusions as an -extremely- rare side effect when the person is put into traumatic situations while under the drug's effects..... Do your homework, editors. Saying meth use can lead to delusions 'such as seen in SMOKING CRACK' would have been far more appropriate.
... One thing I've noticed in my vast research on addictions is that Meth forums are more over-ridden with dispute over the drug than most others I've researched. Lots of strong opinions and getting sober stories. I have no opinions in this matter that are worth discussing via the internet, I'm just stating an observation.
oh yes, it is very interesting how the mouse goes frantic searching for meth after it is addicted..gee, I would never have guessed, had it not been for these idiotic experiments whose aim is to just take lots of funds. why don't they fund a social programme in order to help meth addicts instead..
Don't give meth to animals, they should not be used for Stupid Humans addiction problem. If you take it then it is your problem no one made you. Yes life can be really hard and mean sometimes, stand up take control get ahold of your life.Don't use animals for something some drugged out person does.
I understand the male approach of wearing your scars doesn't work. At least that is what they say in AA. But, why does anyone in their right mind believe that the feminist view of emotional hysteria, guilt, and fear works either. I say if your going to do a commercial get people's lives who have changed from the experience to do commercials and to show that life can go on.
1. The guy from home improvement was in prison for marijuana distribution...get him.
2. Get the guy from aerosmith to do a commercial.
3. Hell, get David Bowie
4. Courtney Love
5. Snoopy Daddy (weight he still loves his marijuana...why is that illegal again?)
These people have some stories and could give some real personal insight.
WHY OH WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO USE THE FEMINIST A.A. PROHIBITION COMMERCIAL FOR DRUG ADDICTS?
I love this special except for the "don't do it or your face will freeze and your teeth will fall out" approach to the commercial. We did it with alcohol in the 1920's, we did with Reefer Madness in the 1960's, we did with cocaine in the 1980's, we did it with heroine in the 1990's, and now we are doing the same thing with meth in 2005. The approach clearly doesn't work.
Also, as a previous meth abuser that has hussled my way through near addiction and has stayed alive, those two kids that got lost in the snow. Well, I don't think it was their first time and I think they had been up for three to four days before using a larger amount of dope to stay up (1/2 a teener I'm guessing). Two people don't go that crazy on the first day. Why lie about it. The more you lie and sensationalize, the greater attraction you give to a drug for a teenager.
Besides the commercial and lies about the kids getting lost in the snow. This is an excellent show.
LOL 12 step! rehab! i've been there! TC (teraputic) spiritual! medical! you get nothing of those! will treat u! u will coast money on those thing! people change when they like to and with the help of God!
seriously whoever made this shit i have a serious bone to pick with you. ive been an addict for a long time and have been clean for a year and while trying to work out the kinks of my past addiction and while trying to help myself understand how to continue on in my life i sometimes have the need to watch a documentary or something about meth to sort out my thoughts or whatever, and you have to put in video clips of them rolling a pipe full of crystal and inhaling and blowing it out and it makes me snap!! just when i thought i was over it and could handle watching something like this. i mean the rest of the documentary was great and i cried watching some of the people going through their psychosis' because i've BEEN there. but there seriously needs to be a second version of the documentary that censors out the part of them actually doing the drug in my face. i just spent the last ten minutes having a mental breakdown freaking out all over my house and can;t finish watching the rest. (although i think i did get the information i needed out of it) Make a second link of the exact same documentary but instead of me seeing the actual drug use put like a.. picture of a flower or a cute baby or a F@$%ing blank screen for a moment i really don't care but it would be so nice to be able to watch and enjoy the documentary the same way as the rest of you without going ape-shit.